[Federal Register: April 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 67)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP04-365-000]
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northeast Storage Project
March 31, 2005.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Dominion Transmission, Inc.
(DTI) in the above-referenced docket.
The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of the
proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the proposed natural gas pipeline and
appurtenant facilities including:
1. Development of the Quinlan Storage Field from a nearly depleted
production reservoir by drilling four new gas storage wells, and
converting a production well to an observation well, and converting a
test well to an injection/withdrawal well in Cattaraugus County, New
York;
2. Construction of the new 21.3-mile-long, 20-inch-diameter TL-527
Pipeline in McKean and Potter Counties, Pennsylvania, and Cattaraugus
County, New York;
3. Construction of the new 0.9-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter LN-2471-S
Pipeline in Potter County, Pennsylvania;
4. Construction of the new 0.1-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter LN-15
CHG-1 Pipeline in Potter County, Pennsylvania;
5. Construction of the new 0.7-mile-long, 16-inch-diameter, QL-1
Pipeline in Cattaraugus County, New York;
6. Construction of five new 8-inch-diameter well pipelines (QL-3,
QL-4, QL-5, QL-6, and QL-7) totaling 0.11 mile in Cattaraugus County,
New York;
7. Construction of the new 0.5-mile-long (TL-533) and 0.1-mile-long
(TL-534), 16-inch-diameter pipelines in Lewis County, West Virginia;
8. Construction of the new Sharon Measuring and Regulating (M&R)
Facility in Potter County, Pennsylvania;
9. Relocation of the existing Wolcott M&R Facility in Potter
County, Pennsylvania from MP 0.0 of the LN-15 Pipeline segment (see
below) proposed for abandonment to about MP 2.3 of the proposed TL-527
Pipeline;
10. Replacement of orifice meters with ultrasonic meters at the
Leidy Transco 1 M&R Facility in Clinton, County, Pennsylvania;
11. Construction of the new 4,740 hp Quinlan Compressor Station in
Cattaraugus County, New York; and
12. Construction of the new 3,550 hp Wolf Run Compressor Station in
Lewis County, West Virginia.
In addition, DTI proposed to abandon in place:
1. 1.76 miles of the existing 8-inch-diameter LN-15 Pipeline in
Potter County, Pennsylvania; and
2. 0.1 mile of the existing 8-inch-diameter LN-250-S Pipeline in
Potter County, Pennsylvania.
The purpose of the Northeast Storage Project is to provide
additional storage of 9.4 Bcf of gas and additional winter season firm
transportation of 163,017 dekatherms per day.
The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference
Room, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-
8371.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to cooperating agencies, State
agencies, a public interest group and a local newspaper. Any person
wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure consideration prior
to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is important that we
receive your comments before the date specified below. Please carefully
follow these instructions to ensure that your comments are received in
time and properly recorded:
Send an original and two copies of your comments to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE.,
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the
Gas Branch 3, PJ11.3.
Reference Docket No. CP04-365-000; and
Mail your comments so that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before April 30, 2005.
Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail
deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include
all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our
environmental analysis of this project. However, the Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions
or protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR
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385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
at http://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing'' link and the link to the
User's Guide. Before you can file comments you will need to create a
free account which can be created by clicking on ``Sign-up.''
Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to
make the commentor a party to the proceeding. Any person seeking to
become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene
pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the right to seek
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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\1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing
comments electronically.
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Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be
granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be
adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor
status to have your comments considered.
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the
FERC Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link.
Click on the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number
field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to
the documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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